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Originally Posted by Amaranthus
Personally, as a disabled woman, I disagree. I know people who have voted both ways, and they are still my friends and family. The essence of a person cannot be reduced to a single moment in time. And honestly, I've seen a lot of people on the left make some incredibly ableist comments (a lot of the rhetoric that comes out of identity politics strikes me this way as an autistic person), so no side is immune. Plus, Biden has also made racist comments, like saying that the entire black community thinks the same way. Both sides are bigoted.
Trump has also condemned white nationalism a few times now. However, it is also true that he is probably one of the most inarticulate people I've ever met in my life, and so yes, he often says things that come across the wrong way. With that said, Richard Spencer, a self-avowed white nationalist, actually voted for Biden.
Personally, I think saying that any and all people who voted for Trump automatically support white nationalism and are racist, is pretty aggressive. I've seen quite a bit of aggression in these threads, but that might just be my own personal perception.
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Identity politics does not exist. There's more I could say but it might come off as rude and I'd rather refrain.
Trumps come out against white nationalists a few times bht all you have to do is look at his wording on things... The way he calls BLM protestors thugs but the white men in Michigan who stormed the capital were good men. The way he told the proud Boys to stand back, stand by.
Then let's go to the way he condoned the caravan of white protesters who harassed the Biden bus in Texas. They had to cancel. We all know that BLM is condemned for blocking traffic and if Obama had condoned something like that it would have been the end of the world. I could go on and on.
The fact is that Trump condones racism and those that voted for him chose to look past that and say 'no worries'. That is a fact and many people don't like facts that's one of the biggest things trump is counting on and its why his #fakenewsmedia has gotten so far. His supporters like to toss out all fact and say it's fake news.